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Head end from an anthropoid coffin
Head end from an anthropoid coffin

Head end from an anthropoid coffin

1991–1783 B.C., or later
Object Place for LabelEgypt
Medium/TechniqueWood, cartonnage, milky quartz, onyx, and bronze
DimensionsHeight x width x depth:78 x 32 x 15 cm (30 11/16 x 12 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Kathryn L. Maxson in memory of her father, Richard E.S. Maxson
Accession number1988.6
On View
On view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy 1988: Kathryn L. Maxson, Sherborn, Mass. (said to have been collected by her father, Richard E. S. Maxson, in Egypt many years ago); 1988: given to the MFA by Kathryn L. Maxson.
Palette
3100–3000 B.C.
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Necklace
Louis Mueller
1985
Cylinder seal
625–539 B.C.
Cylinder seal
625–539 B.C.
Cylinder seal
625–539 B.C.
Cylinder seal
625–539 B.C.
Cylinder seal
625–539 B.C.
Stamp seal
625–539 B.C.
Stamp seal
625–539 B.C.